RIFLE-SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2422, 30 March 1915, Page 9

RIFLE-SHOOTING

COMPETITION FOR THE FIELD SHIELD.

The annual competition for the Field Shield was fired on the Hokowhitu Range, Falmerston North, ,on Saturday, by the Hautere .Defence Rifle Club., The shield, ithich was presented seven years ago by Mr. W. H ; . Field, M.P., to encourage rifle Shooting, is ' competed for annually by rifle clubs in the Otaki electorate. This year four-club 3 out of the six clubs in the electorate competed. The shield has now been competed -for seven times, .and. has been won five times by. the Hautere Club, once by the Ngatiawa Club, and. once, by the Shannon: Club. . Saturday, from a shooting standpoint, was. not' of the best,, a very tricky wind ani'change- . able light prevailing throughout the day. Sergeant-Major Matheson acted as range officer, and Mr. T. Inglis as trench officer/ Attached are the scores of teams competing , for. the shield .; _ .. ...

HAUTERE RIFLE CLUB. 300 500 600' yds. yds. yd 6. T'l. Rflmn. W. H.,Thomas 28 31 33 92 Rflmn. R. Catley 31 30 29 90 Rflmn. G.F. Glacken 29 33 28 90 Rflmn. A. Thomson, 28—32—28—89; Rflmn. Jack Taylor, 27—32—28-—B7; Rflmn. E. O. Lewer, 28 —32—27 —87; Rflmn, J(i-s. Tavlor, 29-31-27-87; Pres. G. P. Catley, Rflmn. Tom Taylor, 28— 31-21-83; Rflmn. C. Strom, 25—25 —28— 78. • ' , Totals: 284—303 —280— . , N&ATIAWA RIFLE CLUB. 300 "500 600 yds. yds. yds. T'l.Rflmn. H. H. Gawith 26 . .33 „.. 33 '92 Rflmn. A. H. Clifton 8132 28 91 Rflmn. H. W. Bear ... 29 32 -20 90 Rflmn. J. Stubbings, 27---30—30—87; Rflmn. R. J. Stubbings, 31— 33-2-1 j Rflmn. J. F. Monk, 27-31-26-84; Pres. G. A. Monk,. 28—30—26—Si; Rflmn. W. D. Bennett, 28—32—24—84; Rflmn. F. H. ■Monk, 31—33—16—80; Rflmn. ■ Geo. Howe, 29-27-20-76. Totals: 287-313-257-856. FOXTON RIFLE CLUB. 300 500 600 yds. yds, yd 6. T'l. Rflmn. C. Burgess ... -27 31 30 88 Rflmn. C. Rand 32 27 28 87 Rflmn. C. Morgan ... 25 30. 31 86 Rflmn. L. Ingram, 31—26—29—86; Rflmn. E. Ingram, 26 —31—28 —85; Pres., G. 0. Barber, 31—29—25—85; Rflmn. W! Kirkley, 25—33—25—83; Rflmn. H. Hamer, 24 —29—25—78; Rflmn. S Hollington, 24—30 -24-78; Rflmn. J. Senior, 27-25-22—74. Totals: 272-291-267-830. WHAREROA RIFLE CLUB. 300 500 000 ' yds. yds. yds. T'l. Rflmn. C. Dowsett- ... 28 31 29 88 Rllmn. F. Cordukes 31 31 26 . 88 Rflmn. F. Vaughan .. 31 28 27 86 Rflmn. Hal. Lynoh, 25—28—32—85; Pres. M. Maclean, .27—30—28—85; Rflmn. HonrV Lynch, 26—27—27—80; Rflmn. D. D. Hyde, 26—30—28—84; Rflmn, Dormot Lynch, 26—27—25—78; Rflmn. W. Cromb, 21—26—2SMS9; Rflmn. 0. P. Lynch, 24— 26—22—61,' • 1 ' • ; Totals: 2-6S—2Sfr —2ss—Bo4.